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VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD VILLAGE COUNCIL REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING OCTOBER 12, 2022 8:00 P.M.

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VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD

VILLAGE COUNCIL

REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING

OCTOBER 12, 2022

8:00 P.M.

1.   Call to Order – Mayor

 

2.   Statement of Compliance with the Open Public       Meetings Act

 

3.   Roll Call – Village Clerk

 

4.   Flag Salute and Moment of Silence

 

5.   Acceptance of Financial Reports

 

6.   Approval of Minutes

 

7.   Proclamations

 

a.   National Diabetes Awareness Month

b.   Declare October National Bullying Prevention                Month

 

Pursuant to Chapter 3-19 of the Code of the Village of Ridgewood, Manner of Addressing Council, and Chapter

3-20, Decorum, the Village Council meetings shall be conducted in the following manner:

 

Manner of Addressing Council

Persons other than Council members may be permitted to address the Council in the proper order of business. A person present may, upon recognition by the Chair, be heard either upon ordinances upon second reading or at the time of petitions and oral communications from the public and at such other times as the Council may, by majority vote of those present, specifically permit. No person shall address any remark or question to any specific Council member, nor shall any person be permitted to address the Chair while a motion is pending. A Council member may, through the Chair, respond to any communication or address received pursuant to this section.

 

Decorum

Any person who shall disturb the peace of the Council, make impertinent or slanderous remarks or conduct himself in a boisterous manner while addressing the Council shall be forthwith barred by the presiding officer from further audience before the Council, except that if the speaker shall submit to proper order under these rules, permission for him to continue may be granted by a majority vote of the Council.

 

8.  Comments from the Public (Not to exceed 3              minutes per person – 40 minutes in total)

 

9.   Village Manager’s Report

 

10.  Village Council Reports

 

11.  ORDINANCES – INTRODUCTION – RIDGEWOOD WATER

 

NONE

 

12.  ORDINANCES – PUBLIC HEARING – RIDGEWOOD WATER

 

NONE

 

13.  RESOLUTIONS – RIDGEWOOD WATER

 

THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, NUMBERED 22-334 THROUGH

22-336 ARE TO BE ADOPTED BY A CONSENT AGENDA, WITH ONE VOTE BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL. THERE IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION BESIDE EACH RESOLUTION TO BE CONSIDERED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. EACH RESOLUTION WILL BE READ BY TITLE ONLY:

 

22-334    Award Contract Under State Contract – Annual              Maintenance of Chlorine, pH and Phosphate           Analyzers (NTE $57,558) – Awards a under a             State Contract to Hach Company, 5600                  Lindbergh Drive, Loveland, CO

22-335    Award Professional Services Contract – Public         Policy Consultant (NTE $27,000) – Awards a           Professional Services Contract to Morford            Drulis Associates, LLC, 308 West State                 Street, Trenton, NJ. The required Pay to Play         forms have been filed in the Village Clerk’s                Office.

22-336    Award Sole Source Contract – Furnish                      Corrosion Inhibitor (NTE $26,000) – Awards a            sole source contract to Carus, LLC, 315 Fifth        Street, Peru, IL

 

14.  ORDINANCES – INTRODUCTION

 

3922 – 2022 Management Salary Ordinance – Establishes            salaries and various employment criteria for          management personnel for 2022

3923 – 2022 Non-Union Salary Ordinance – Establishes           salaries and various employment criteria for          non-union personnel for 2022

3924 – 2023 Management Salary Ordinance – Establishes            salaries and various employment criteria for          management personnel for 2023

 

3925 – 2023 Non-Union Salary Ordinance – Establishes           salaries and various employment criteria for          non-union personnel for 2023

3926 – Bond Ordinance – Repairs to Water Pollution             Control Facility ($1,300,000) – Appropriates           this money to complete repairs on damages to the        Water Pollution Control Facility, which occurred      due to Hurricane Ida

 

15.  ORDINANCES – PUBLIC HEARING – RIDGEWOOD WATER

 

NONE

 

16.  RESOLUTIONS

 

THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, NUMBERED 22-337 THROUGH

22-350 ARE TO BE ADOPTED BY A CONSENT AGENDA, WITH ONE VOTE BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL. THERE IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION BESIDE EACH RESOLUTION TO BE CONSIDERED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. EACH RESOLUTION WILL BE READ BY TITLE ONLY:

22-337    Award Contract – Disposal of Recyclable                      Materials – Awards the first optional year             contract to Atlantic Coast Fibers, LLC, 101              7th Street, Passaic, NJ

22-338    Award Additional Partial Award – 2022 Road           Resurfacing and Repairs (NTE $614,000) –               Awards an additional partial award to                    American Asphalt and Trucking, LLC, 818                     Summer Avenue, Newark, NJ

22-339    Title 59 Approval – Furnishing and Delivering          Sodium Bisulfite and Sodium Hypochlorite                   Solution – Water Pollution Control Facility –        Approves the plans and specifications for             Furnishing and Delivering of Sodium Bisulfite           Solution and Sodium Hypochlorite Solution             Beginning January 1, 2023 through December               31, 2023, inclusive prepared by the                     Ridgewood Engineering Division, pursuant to             Title 59

22-340    Award Contract – Furnishing and Delivering                Sodium Bisulfite and Sodium Hypochlorite            Solution – Water Pollution Control Facility               (NTE $156,239) – Awards a contract to the               lowest responsible bidder, Miracle Chemical                Company, Division of W.R. Neumann Company,             Inc., 1151B Highway 33, Farmingdale, NJ

22-341    Title 59 Approval Furnishing Laboratory                      Analysis Services – Water Pollution Control              Facility and Graydon Pool Facility – Approves         the plans and specifications for Furnishing             Laboratory Analysis Services Beginning                  January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023,            inclusive, prepared by the Ridgewood                 Engineering Division, pursuant to Title 59

22-342    Award Contract – Furnishing Laboratory                      Services – Water Pollution Control Facility               and Graydon Pool Facility (NTE $34,546) –            Awards a contract to the lowest responsible            bidder, Garden State Laboratories, Inc., 410                Hillside Avenue, Hillside, NJ

22-343    Award Contract Under State Contract – Vehicle        Tracking System (NTE $30,512.40) – Awards a             contract under State Contract to SHI                    International Corporation, 290 Davidson                     Avenue, Somerset, NJ

22-344    Award Contract Under State Contract –                      Gasoline and Diesel Fuel (NTE $235,000) –               Awards a Contract under State Contract to              Racheles/Micheles, 116 Keller Road, Clifton,                NJ

22-345    Title 59 Approval – Approves the plans and            specifications for Request for Proposals for             the Sale of Finished Compost Lakeview Compost       Facility, Inclusive prepared by the Ridgewood           Streets Division, pursuant to Title 59

22-346    Chapter 159 – Accept United States Department        of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation           Service – Emergency Watershed Protection          Program Grant – Requests the Director of             Local Government Services to approve the            insertion of a special item of revenue into             the 2022 budget for United States Department          of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation        Service – Emergency Watershed Protection             Program Grant in the amount of $263,160                    and that a like sum be appropriated in the                2022 budget for United States Department          of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation        Service – Emergency Watershed Protection             Program Grant in the amount of $263,160

22-347    Authorize Refund of Property Tax Overpayment               – Authorizes a refund of a property tax                 overpayment for 160 Bellair Road, in the                amount of $4,720.78, to Corelogic,                      Centralized Refunds, P.O. Box 9202, Coppell,                TX. This overpayment occurred because the               Title Company had already paid the amount at               the closing for the house.

 

22-348    Accept 2021 Audit  Accepts the annual audit                for 2021 and certifies that all members of

the Village Council have reviewed, at a                     minimum, the sections of the audit entitled           “Comments and Recommendations”

22-349    Approve 2021 Corrective Action Plan – Accepts        the Corrective Action Plan proposed to                    correct the deficiencies found in the 2021                Annual Audit

22-350    Declare Property Surplus – Various Vehicles –           Declares vehicles from various departments,                no longer needed for public use, surplus                property and authorizes the Village Manager                to dispose of said vehicles through GovDeals

 

THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, NUMBERED 22-351 THROUGH

22-352, WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY AND READ IN FULL:

 

22-351    Authorize Change Order – Tree Planting                      Throughout the Village of Ridgewood

          (NTE $16,845)

22-352    Award Contract – Sale of Compost from                      Lakeview Compost Facility

 

17.  Comments from the Public (Not to Exceed 5 minutes   per person)

 

18.  Adjournment

4 thoughts on “VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD VILLAGE COUNCIL REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING OCTOBER 12, 2022 8:00 P.M.

  1. “Moving the recent vote on Ridgewood’s school budget to a day during our school’s spring break …..amounted to nothing short of voter suppression”

    So I have an idea! Lets move the vote to November so we eliminate 100% of the Ridgewood resident vote on the school budget.

    Hoping the LWV asks each candidate for their for a definition of voter suppression

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  2. Amazing isn’t it. They think we are stupid.

  3. Siobhan Winograd thinks everyone is stupid. She told residents they would keep the right to vote on school budgets. Winograd omitted a key word.
    She misled by not saying you would have the right to vote on only SOME budgets.

    Saying it on Ridgewood Moms and Dads Facebook meant getting deleted and booted from her page.

    Do not vote for Winograd.

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